Text:More love to Thee, O Christ!
Author:Elizabeth Prentiss
Tune:PRENTISS
Composer:William H. Doane

198. More love to Thee, O Christ!

1 More love to Thee, O Christ!
More love to Thee;
Hear Thou the prayer I make
On bended knee;
This is my earnest plea,
More love, O Christ, to Thee,
More love to Thee!
More love to Thee!

2 Once earthly joy I craved,
Sought peace and rest;
Now Thee alone I seek,
Give what is best;
This all my prayer shall be:
More love, O Christ, to Thee,
More love to Thee!
More love to Thee!

3 Let sorrow do its work,
Send grief and pain;
Sweet are Thy messengers,
Sweet their refrain,
When they can sing with me,
More love, O Christ, to Thee,
More love to Thee!
More love to Thee!

4 Then shall my latest breath,
Whisper Thy praise;
This be the parting cry
My heart shall raise;
This still its prayer shall be,
More love, O Christ, to Thee,
More love to Thee!
More love to Thee!

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: More love to Thee, O Christ!
Author: Elizabeth Prentiss (1856)
Refrain First Line: More love, O Christ to thee
Meter: 6s, 4s
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: Christ: Love to; Consecration; Petition (2 more...)
Tune Information
Name: PRENTISS
Composer: William H. Doane
Meter: 6s, 4s



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